Threshold Apprehension chords by Black Francis

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


A B G A(x2)

 Weird Guitar:
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5---|5(x2)

A                           B
Talk to a man just to get a little work
         G                              A
Then you talk to the hand just to get a little jerk
A                                B
Some people die, then they start to get old
    G                            A
But I don't want to die upon the threshold

A                          B
I got threshold apprehesion
G                                                      A
Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold
A                     B
Threshold Apprehension
      G                     A
I got threshold apprehension


See *1


A                            B
Every little shit gotta find his salt lick
     G                                A
If I don't find my babe, I'm gonna be junk sick
A                                  B
Roll away the rock so I can get to my ascension
G                                    A
Ain't my first time having threshold apprehension

A                          B
I got threshold apprehesion
G                                                      A
Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold
A                     B
Threshold Apprehension
      G                     A
I got threshold apprehension


G              D
Who's carrying who?
      G           D
Who's turning the screw?
    F#        G
Who has prophesied?
G             D
Petit paramour
  G           D
I will be the whore
    F#           G
And you'll be my suicide


D E5 B E5


   A                          B
We got on my bike and we rode to the sea
  G                         A
I stood on the dock and you got on your knees
A                     B
Grand Marnier and a pocket full of speed
   G                      A
We did it all day 'til we started to bleed


(Weird Guitar)
Are you feeling apprehensive?


A                         B
I can leap higher than an old king toad
     G              A
I do 185 on the new ring road
A                             B
I love a blue girl and I like my grog
       G                            A
It's a black and white world, cuz I'm a Scorpio dog


See *1


A                         B
Have drink, press button, seventh floor
    G                            A
And wait a hundred years for the elevator door
A                    B
Come a time when you gotta lose the tension
G                          A
It's the last time for the threshold apprehension

A                          B
I got threshold apprehesion
G                                                      A
Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold, Threshold
A                     B
Threshold Apprehension
      G                     A
I got threshold apprehension


D E5 B E5


G              D
Who's carrying who?
      G           D
Who's turning the screw?
    F#        G
Who has prophesied?
G             D
Petit paramour
  G           D
I will be the whore
    F#           G
And you'll be my suicide

G              D
Who's carrying who?
      G           D
Who's turning the screw?
    F#        G
Who has prophesied?
G             D
Petit paramour
  G           D
I will be the whore
    F#           G
And you'll be my suicide



In the 2nd verse the guitar changes a bit. The chords are still the same, but you play with the
"low e" string open after strumming the chord 5 times.

For example, You play the A chord like this

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-x-x-x-9-9-9-9-9-x-x-x-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-x-x-x-9-9-9-9-9-x-x-x-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-|

And so on.